SRPS 37403 Isle of Mull returns to main line

THE SCOTTISH Railway Preservation Society’s preserved Class 37/4, 37403 Isle of Mull, has returned to main line use for the first time since its hire to Direct Rail Service came to an end. The locomotive was last used by DRS in February 2019 before being returned to its owners, but throughout last year it has received an overhauled engine and other repairs at the SRPS diesel fleet base at Bo’ness on the Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway before returning to use on the BKR at the railway’s post-christmas diesel event.

On March 19, the locomotive joined West Coast Railways’ 37685 to work its first main line train in more than three years, hauling an SRPS charter from Linlithgow to Aviemore in connection with the Strathspey Rail- way’s spring diesel event.

Simon Jones 37403 Following its use on an SRPS charter from Linlithgow to Aviemore alongside West Coast Railways 37685 on March 19, Isle of Mull stands at Boat of Garten a with Broomhill to Aviemore service during the Strathspey Railway’s spring diesel event.